The Crescent City Lynchings
Subtitle: The Murder of Chief Hennessy, the New Orleans "Mafia" Trials, and the Parish Prison Mob
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Published: January 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781592289011
Subjects: United States - 20th Century; History; History - U.S; History: American; History / United States / 20th Century; Louisiana; Lynching; Mafia; New Orleans; Organized crime
Genres: Historical True Crime
First sentence: Years after the killing stopped and curiosity about the affair faded, only an insult remained alive, a strange and childish taunt. A generation passed before a callus formed to protect against the hurtful words, even though the people of New Orleans had long since resumed what they considered to be normal life.
Notes: Author website:
www.crescentcitylynchings.com